Gladstone Investment Corporation

Greetings and welcome to the Gladstone Investment Corporation third quarter earnings call. At this time, all participants are in a listen-only mode. A brief question and answer session will follow the formal presentation. If anyone should require operator assistance during the conference, please press star zero on your telephone keypad. As a reminder, this conference is being recorded. It is now my pleasure to introduce your host, David Gladstone. Thank you, Mr. Gladstone. You may begin.

Thank you, Kat. That was a good beginning. And this is David Gladstone, chairman of Gladstone Investment. And this is the third quarter that we're going to be talking about, year ending December 31st, 2023. Our fiscal year ends in a couple of months. And earnings conference call is for all the shareholders and analysts that follow us. And we're listed on NASDAQ under the symbol GAIN. That's for capital gains. Gain, and then that's the common stock. And then there's gain N, gain Z, and gain L. All three of these are different registered notes. So you can buy those if you wish as well. We won't be talking much about them today. But thank you for calling in. We're always happy to provide an update to our shareholders and analysts that provide our view of the current business environment So there's really two goals here, help you understand what has happened in the past. And even though we don't have a crystal ball, we'll give you our current view of the future. And now we'll hear from our Deputy General Counsel, Eric Helmut. Eric?

Thank you, and good morning, everyone. Today's call may include forward-looking statements under the Securities Act of 1933 and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, including those regarding our future performance. These forward-looking statements involve certain risks and uncertainties and other factors, even though they are based on our current plans, which we believe to be reasonable. Many factors may cause our actual results to be material different from any future results expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements, including all risk factors listed in our forms 10Q, 10K, and other documents we file with the SEC. These can all be found on the Investors page of our website at www.gladstoneinvestment.com or the SEC's website. at www.sec.gov. We undertake no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise, except as required by law. Please also note that past performance or market information is not a guarantee of future results. Please take the opportunity to visit our website, www.gladstoneinvestment.com, and sign up for our email notification service. You can also find us on Twitter at Gladstone Comms and on Facebook, keyword the Gladstone Companies. Today's call is simply an overview of our results through December 31st, 2023. So we ask that you review our press release and Form 10Q, both issued yesterday, for more detailed information. Now I'll turn it over to Dave Dullam, President of Gladstone Investment.